Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Neil Young Quotes
IndividualityJudgmental AttitudesPersonal BeliefsReligionTolerance I'm not into this judgmental, religious-right kind of thing.
ChangeDisillusionmentMusic IndustryPersonal GrowthRebellion The cutthroat avenues of rock 'n' roll, I am fed up with. I don't want anything to do with it.
AgreementChangeLeadershipPerceptionPolitics I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.
ExperienceGrowthHumilityPerspectiveSelf-awareness As I get older, I get smaller. I see other parts of the world I didn't see before. Other points of view. I see outside myself more.
BoundariesCautionIndependencePersonal GrowthSelf-awareness When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.
CommunicationCreativityExpressionInner ConflictSelf-awareness I have so many opinions about everything it just comes out during my music. It's a battle for me. I try not to be preachy. That's a real danger.
CreativityHumorIdentityMusicSelf-awareness It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues.
FreedomLibertyResponsibilitySecurityTrade-offs To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.
AuthenticityCountry CultureCreativityLongevityMusic I think I'm going to be making country records for as long as I can see into the future. It's much more down-home and real.
CreativityFreedomIdentitySelf-Expression I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
Music and Media Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.
AuthenticityCreativityIndependenceMusicRebellion Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement.
AuthenticityIdentityMusicPassionRebellion There's an edge to real rock 'n' roll. It's all that matters.
ArtistryLive MusicMusicPerformanceRecording I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.
Cultural ChangeGenre FluidityMusic EvolutionPersonal PerspectiveSubjectivity in Art All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the '70s sounds nothing like the stuff from the '80s, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the '90s. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?
HumilityHumorSelf-awareness I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else.
Bias and ObjectivityPerception of LeadershipPolitical CriticismPolitical DiscoursePublic Opinion Some people put down all presidents. If you say anything good about any of them, they think you're supporting everything they do.
CreativityFocusHumorPerseveranceResilience I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
BalanceGrowthPerseveranceResilience As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.
CreativityEmotionIdentityMusicUrgency My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.